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Small program, big impact.(2008 PEDAGOGY SATURDAY REPORT)
The purpose of this panel was to discuss the issues of accompanying assignments in small music schools that do not have an accompanying degree program. Specifically, how do these smaller music programs educate the college-level collaborative pianist? Members of the panel included Carolyn True, Tracy Cowden, Susan Keith-Gray and Karen Beres. The moderator of this discussion was Kenneth Christensen. Questions that were presented to the panel included:
* In your school or music department are piano majors required to accompany other instrumentalists for their applied lessons?
* Who accompanies in the choral program?
* Are piano majors required to accompany as a degree requirement or scholarship fulfillment?
* Are the applied piano majors paid to accompany various ensembles?
* Does your department hire outside pianists to fulfill the accompanying demand and who assigns piano majors' accompanying responsibilities?
The panelists then began to describe their respective music departments regarding total enrollment, degrees offered, as well as the number of piano majors in each program. Most of the schools represented offered undergraduate and graduate programs in piano up to the master of music degree. It was interesting to hear the differences of each program and how collaborative assignments are met. The majority of the panelists are in charge of accompanying assignments and oversee their collaborative programs. Accompanying classes and seminars are offered, as well as scholarships in which collaborative piano is a requirement. Some programs required pianists to accompany as a fulfillment of their respective degree program, while other programs ...
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